I’m 1838 after pressuring the cherokee to sign treaties giving up their lands the federal government forced cherokee resistors to adopt the lifestyle of white settlers. realized that it could not legally take land from unwilling cherokee. sent the us army to force cherokee resistors to march west. filed a lawsuit against the cherokee nation to force its removal.

Which points did chief justice roger b. taney use to justify the supreme court’s ruling in the dred scott case? the property clause of the constitution, the due process clause of the fifth amendment, and the fact that african americans were not citizens. the practice of judicial review established in marbury v. madison, the property clause of the constitution, and the due process clause of the fifth amendment. the necessary and proper clause of the constitution, the due process clause of the fifth amendment, and the fact that african americans were not citizens. the commerce clause of the constitution, the elastic clause of the sixth amendment, and the practice of judicial review established in gibbons v. ogden.